Chelopec village – Bulgarian Re-sisters testify about the lack of faith they have in mining activities of the cyanide mining project by Canadian company Dundee Precious Metals. They also talk about the protests by young people and mothers which led to the cancellation of the project.
The mayor Maria Shopova explains why she supports the protests by the people of Popintsi against mining by the Canadian company Euromax Resources Limited.
Baba Rajna tells the story of the fierce protests against Canadian company Euromax Resources in 2006.
Hristina Daskalova explains why people in her village do not have faith in future mining activities by Canadian company Euromax Resources.
Pavlina Dimitrova explains how the protests by young people and mothers led to a cancellation of the cyanide mining project by Canadian company Dundee Precious Metals.
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This song describes the present day exploitation of tribal land and forests in the name of development. Inspired by a song by Bhaghwan Maaji, leader of the adivasi struggle against bauxite mining in Kashipur, India.
Guatemalan Re-Sisters in San Miguel Ixtahuacan testify about the impact of mining on their crops, water sources and health. They also talk about the company’s broken promises.
Gregoria Crisanta Perez explains why she fears the mining company will take away the land of her community in San Miguel, Ixtahuacan, Guatemala.
Francisca Angelica Aguilar Cinto talks about the impacts of mining activities of the Canadian company Goldcorp Inc. on her water sources, her animals and her house and what she did to protest.
Crisanta Hernandez talks about the way her community has been seeking redress for the damage to their houses caused by the mine, and how the company responded.
Clementa Marcelino Cinto talks about the involvement of mine workers from the Canadian mining company Goldcorp Inc. in the death of her father and the insecurity in her community.
Margarita Bamaca talks about how the contamination of water sources caused by mining activities of the Canadian mining company Goldcorp Inc. is affecting her crops and cattle and people’s health.
Brendys Bamaca talks about the effects of mining on the environment and on people, and what she has done to protest.
Julia Bamaca talks about how the contamination of water sources caused by the mine is affecting her food crops and cattle and peoples health and how she has tried to seek redress.
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This testimony was filmed by CEIBA, FOE Guatemala.
Sergio Campusano, leader of the Diaguita Descent Community Los Huasco Altinos in Chile.
Since he assumed the role of president, Sergio has been fighting against the greed of the mining corporations and the local agriculture companies in order to maintain the rights of his People. He has participated pressing charges in countless times even against the Chilean State and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. He’s conscious they’re fighting not only to represent the living, but the ancestral thought of preservation of the ecosystem for the entire world, for the children of us all. In this clear idea is impregnated the principles of AUTO-DESTINY, AUTONOMY, and the right of the indigenous peoples of AUTODETERMINATION.
Ulises García is a human right activist from Perú. He became a community leader in Tambogrande Peru and known for his work throughout Peru and in a number of countries in Latin America after the assassination of his father Godofredo Garcia Baca in march 2001.
Ulises’ father was the leader of the main opposition to a Canadian mega-“development” mining project, owned by the Canadian mining company Manhattan Minerals , and was a beloved leader of the community of Tambogrande.
Since the assassination, Ulises Garcia continued to lead and support the struggle of his community of Tambogrande, as well as other communities in Latin America , for the right to self determination and the right to maintain their sustainable agriculture lifestyles.
Tambogrande remains a symbolic case as it was the first community to hold its own referendum and successfully expel a powerful global mining company. Ulises has traveled and continues to work with Indigenous communities throughout Latin America to promote referendums in mining conflict areas.
Ulises currently resides in Canada with his family and remains active in raising awareness about the issues related to the environmental and development harms and human rights violations caused by mining projects. He is the founder of a grassroots organization called Tropico Seco, which focuses on the promotion of peaceful resistance and the holding of community and municipal referendums in Latin America concerning development initiatives. Tropico Seco also supports community controlled development projects such as tree planting projects.
People & Power speak to native and environmental groups, as well as government and oil industry spokespeople about the impact Alberta’s oil sands development is having on the environment.
Alberta’s oil sands now make Canada America’s major oil supplier, but the billion-dollar industry extracts a terrible price: some of the cleanest water on earth is used to make the dirtiest oil in the world, with catastrophic results.
For centuries the American West has been the realm of cowboys, miners and frontiersman. Since 1872 mining companies have been reaping the benefit of an antiquated law allowing mining companies to purchase land at bargain prices, such as the recent acquisition of an entire mountain for only 875 dollars. Wild Chronicles follows what happens when 19th century laws are faced up against 21st century sensibilities.
“Our Land, Our Life” presents the struggle of Carrie and Mary Dann, two Western Shoshone elders, to address the threat mining development poses to the sacred and environmentally sensitive lands of Crescent Valley, Nevada. Produced by Oxfam America.
Speech by Jethro Tulin, Executive Officer,in Akali Tange Association, Highlands of Papua New Guinea at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issueson, on the environmentally destructive impacts of Barrick Gold Porgera Gold Mine, the human rights abuses, and extra judical killings.
